Hey love bugs! 

This week I got a little overwhelmed. I was just moving too fast for my own good. Too many things gong on at once. You know what I mean? I felt like I couldn't get a grip.

My friends and family will tell you that I am a type A personality. So once I get that stressed, I tend to go a little crazy. Y'all I had so much going on!!! We laid my uncle to rest. I'm trying to get things in order for this makeup class. I needed to rework my business plan. Revamped the blog a little. I needed to decide on products. And a few more things were on my list on top of scheduling my clients.

I know, I know... its exhausting just reading this. Imagine how I felt!

So I had to take a moment. You know, recenter myself. My dream is so big. I'm extremely passionate about it. Once I start working on something, I can literally lose myself in it. That's the amazing part to me. That's how I know that I've found my purpose. But I had to tell myself, "Yannie, you keep this up and your going to burn out. Success in anything is not instant. Pace yourself babygirl."

Have y'all ever felt like that? Whether its trying to be the perfect mother, working towards a promotion, or even losing weight?

You ever get so excited when you start that you just sprint! Not realizing the finish line is like 100 miles away. And you keep running, and running, and running towards that goal. You get tired. It's hard to breath. You feel exhausted. Then you start telling yourself that you can't make it. It's too far. So.... what do you do? YOU QUIT!

But all you needed was a break! A moment to refuel and reenergize.

I hit that point this week. I felt like my dream was too big. I had too much to do and too far to go to reach that finish line. But instead of quitting, I decided to break things up. My main source of anxiety came with the makeup line. The launch date is March 31st, and I'm not budging on that. So how can I make this work? What can I do to make this happen. I'm a single mom to 3 kids. That means all of my bill/expenses/clothes/shoes are purchased by me. No help from outside sources. I don't have the money just laying around to invest in this.

So I'm thinking.....sipping of coffee and Coca Cola lol. (Don't judge me.)

I decided to start small. Instead of launching with every type of cosmetic product, I'll break things up. March 31st will launch with our liquid velvet lipsticks and 30 tube lipstick shades. We will then drop new products and add shades throughout the year. That way we can just invest our profit into production of new products. Once I took the time to map that out, my soul became at ease.

We live in an instant society and without realizing it we strive for instant success. If we have to step back or rework things, we tend to feel like it's not working. When in all actuality, it's the exact opposite. Rome wasn't built in a day.

So today love bugs, I just want you all to remember that scaling back does not equal failure. It shows that your smart enough and passionate enough about your business to fix any foundation cracks.

And because of that, you're already one step ahead of the game!

XoXo,
Yannie